Comic-Con 2013: Edgy ' Hannibal' slices into suspense of next season

Fava beans and a nice chianti? Neither of those tasty treats were available at the "Hannibal" press event but there were plenty of yummy reveals about what the new season will hold.

Showrunner Bryan Fuller said he came to the iconic cannibal tale with veneration for classics like "Silence of the Lambs," calling it "the perfect movie."

"I wanted to make the kind of show that I would want to watch," he said. "It's a crime procedural in the vein of elegant horror."

Co-producer Martha De Laurentiis said it was Fuller's passion for the project that drew talent in (such as X-Files goddess Gillian Anderson). She also said they were hoping the elegant pyschological drama would gain new viewers over the summer.

"We are hoping people that people who thought the show would be too disturbing have read all of the good reviews and they will discover over the summer and binge on it."

Fuller hinted that the twisted bond between Will and Hannibal will only get more perverse now that the secret about Hannibal is out: "Now that the bag is open, when will the cat jump out?"